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Skandham-5. Chapter-3. Slokam-2.

Skandham-5.Chapter-3. Rshabhadeva's Appearance in the Womb of Merudevi, the Wife of King Nabhi :Slokam-2.In the performance of a sacrifice, there are seven transcendental means toobtain the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: (1) by sacrificingvaluable things or eatables, (2) by acting in terms of place, (3) by acting interms of time, (4) by offering hymns, (5) by going through the priest, (6) byoffering gifts to the priests and (7) by observing the regulative principles.However, one cannot always obtain the Supreme Lord through thisparaphernalia. Nonetheless, the Lord is affectionate to His devotee; thereforewhen Maharaja Nabhi, who was a devotee, worshiped and offered prayers to theLord with great faith and devotion and with a pure uncontaminated mind,superficially performing some yajna in the line of pravargya, the kind SupremePersonality of Godhead, due to His affection for His devotees, appeared beforeKing Nabhi in His unconquerable and captivating form with four hands. In thisway, to fulfill the desire of His devotee, the Supreme Personality of Godheadmanifested Himself in His beautiful body before His devotee. This body pleasesthe mind and eyes of the devotees."One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotionalservice. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by suchdevotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." (Bhagavadgeeta: 18.55)One can understand and see the Supreme Personality of Godhead throughthe process of devotional service, and not in any other way. AlthoughMaharaja Nabhi performed prescribed duties and sacrifices, it should still beconsidered that the Lord appeared before him not due to his sacrifices butbecause of his devotional service. It was for this reason that the Lord agreed toappear before him in His beautiful bodily features.The Supreme Lord in His original nature is very beautiful. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, although blackish, is very, very beautiful.Continues...

The order carriers of Lord Vishnu, who are worshiped even by the demigods, possess wonderful bodily features exactly like those of Vishnu and are very rarely seen. The Vishnudutas protect the devotees of the Lord from the hands of enemies, from envious persons and even from my jurisdiction, as well as from natural disturbances.

annam = food;
caranam = of those that move on wings;
acarah = the nonmoving (fruits and flowers);
hi = indeed;
apadah = the living entities without legs, like the grass;
pada - carinam = of the animals who move on legs, like the cows and buffalo;
ahastah = animals without hands;
hasta-yuktanam = of the animals with hands, like the tigers;
dvi-padam = of human beings, who have two legs;
ca = and;
catush-padah = the four-legged animals like the goat.

By nature’s arrangement, fruits and flowers are considered the food of insects and birds; grass and other legless living entities are meant to be the food of four-legged animals like cows and buffalo; animals that cannot use their front legs as hands are meant to be the food of animals like tigers, which have claws; and four-legged animals lik…